The lordship of Joyeuse, named for the town of Joyeuse, Ardèche, came, in the 13th century, into the possession of the house of Châteauneuf-Randon, and was made into a viscountship in 1432. Guillaume, viscount of Joyeuse, was bishop of Alet, but afterwards left the church, and became a Marshal of France; he died in 1592. Anne de Joyeuse was his eldest son.[1]
House of Joyeuse
1581–1587: Anne de Joyeuse (1560–1587), son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie de Batarnay.
1587–1592: Antoine Scipion de Joyeuse (1565–1592), brother of the above.
1690–1693: Louis XIV confiscated the duchy after Charles François entered into the service of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. It was given to Charles François' brother Jean Paul.
1693–1693: Jean Paul de Lorraine (1672–1693), Prince of Lillebonne, brother of the above, died without issue.
1694–1714: Anne de Lorraine (1639–1720), wife of the above, daughter of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. The duchy was transmitted to the grandson of François Marie and Anne, Louis de Melun, who was created Duke of Joyesue in 1714.
House of Melun
1714–1724: Louis de Melun, Prince of Epinoy, Baron of Antoing then Duke of Joyeuse. Son of Louis de Melun and Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine. Élisabeth Thérèse, Princess of Epinoy, was the daughter of the previous duke and duchess of Joyeuse.[citation needed]
He married Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne and had no issue; married Marie Anne de Bourbon secretly and had no issue.
At his death, the title passed to his nephew Charles de Rohan (1715–1787), son of Jules de Rohan, prince de Soubise and Anne Julie de Melun, sister of Louis.
References and notes
↑ One or more of the preceding sentencesincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Prinet, Léon Jacques Maxime (1911). "Joyeuse". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.15 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.528–529.
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